Yesterday was my birthday and to celebrate it we went up to Stockholm. I had got an offer from MasterCard for the weekend staying at a hotel right in the centre and an evening at Wallmans Salonger for a good all in price, and since it coincided with my birthday I thought that it would be a good way to spend the weekend.
Part of the deal included a Stockholm's Card, which valid for 24 hours, gave free rides on the busses, trams & tubes, and free entry into most museums. So we've packed in as many museums as our feet could cope with.
On Saturday we went to the Nordiska Museum, which is next to the Vasa. The Vasa is very well worth visiting, but I've shown English visitors several times. This was the first time I've been in the Nordiska Museum. I suspect that future visitors will get taken there if they've already seen the Vasa!
Then we went back to the hotel, where Margie got a make-up done, which after a long wait was done very quickly. Some of the other women needed a lot longer!
Then we went to Wallmans. I've never been in Stockholm before, but we did once visit them when they were in Västerås. They have a touring team and a home based team, but the idea is the same. The waiters are also the performers. What is amazing is that they are good at both jobs! What was really surprising was how good the food was!
When the night-club bit started after the show we walked back to the hotel for a calmer good-night drink.
On Sunday morning we visited the Salvador Dali exhibition at the Moderna Museet, where we also met up with Edward and Julia. I was never an enthusiast for Dali, but I was impressed by this exhibition, he was clearly very imaginative and skilful. He's gone up in my estimation.
After lunch at the Modern we enjoyed a very entertaining guided tour through an exhibition about infra-structure at the adjoining Arkitekturmuseet! Roads and trains aren't normally very interesting, but the young lady that took us through was very gifted as an enthusiaster.
Finally we took the train back to Västerås, where we had a nice birthday fika with Ruth, Johnnie and Victor.
All in all a very happy birthday.
Oh yes, the camera over the loo in the first picture is in a loo in the Moderna! If there hadn't been so many people in the loos I'd have gone round and checked out the other cubicles! I thought that was a bit of fun art with a social comment, and what better place to put it!
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